Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Inspiring stories wanted

Now in our seventh year, we’re going stronger than ever here at Post CarbonInstitute. During the course of those years, we’ve been continually amazedat the progress and changes made in lives, homes, at schools, at work and inpolitical arenas by people like you. Your efforts have given us great causefor optimism.

_We’d like to hear more about what you’re doing._ As you may know, ourSenior Fellow, [2]Richard Heinberg, is widely recognized as one of theworld’s foremost educators on the perils of a global oil economy. Right now,Richard is starting his next book about how individuals and communities canbuild resilience in the face of uncertainty and rapid change caused byeconomic collapse, peak oil, climate change, and other crises. In short,this book is about you. So, you see, Richard wants to hear your stories; thestories of what individuals, families and communities are doing totransition to a post-carbon world. Links: 2. http://postcarbon.org/biography/1419

Tell us about your inspirational efforts, or maybe about those of someoneyou know. Are there any businesses, communities, or families who inspireyou? Not only is Richard looking to illuminate these efforts in his newbook, but we’d love to feature them on our soon-to-launch, brand spankingnew website.

While we hate deadlines, publishers seem to derive great joy in imposingthem. Meaning we have to your stories by September 18, 2009.